Taxation without representation is enough to make people want to dump crates of tea into the Potomac River.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Taxation without representation is enough to make people want to dump crates of tea into the Potomac River.”
On the recordSeptember 14, 2014
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Norton emphasizes the injustice of D.C. residents lacking voting representation.
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